Author: AGHS

Please note that we will be closing the museum at 3:30pm tomorrow (Sunday 7 April 2024) so that our volunteers can attend this ceremony. Regular 12-4pm hours will resume next week.

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The answer to yesterday's question:

BEAVER SCHOOL – from The Place Between Volume 1

The first school in Coghlan district was built in 1892-93 by James Skea, brother of early settler John Skea. John Knox, another early Coghlan Road settler, donated land for the school & assisted James Skea with the structure. It was located on the northwest corner of Coghlan & Roberts Road (SW corner of SW ¼ section 11 Township 11) and named Beaver School.

The original trustees were A.M. Richardson, Joseph Sherlock & John McDonald. The 20 x 34 foot wooden schoolhouse was valued at $700 & was also used for church services. Newly graduated Miss C. Shortreed was the first teacher when the school opened in 1893.

Douglas School was located 2 miles east, and in 1907 it was decided that one of these schools must be closed. With the coming of the electric train, the …

Pop Quiz - Coghlan/County Line - 1916. This building was first one thing, and then it was another.

PS - no asking your Mom, Ron Twemlow, lol. 😛

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Today's post isn't about Aldergrove, but it's still an interesting read. It's a feature on Fort Langley from the Sunday Magazine published by the Vancouver Sun on 30 August 1947.

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County Line School Class Photos 1967-1968 added to the photo album.

County Line Elementary - another old time school (albeit not in the original building) - that is no longer part of School District 35.

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Class photos for 1966 - 1967 have been added to the photo album.

County Line Elementary - another old time school (albeit not in the original building) - that is no longer part of School District 35.

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Another year of class photos has been added to the album.

County Line Elementary - another old time school (albeit not in the original building) - that is no longer part of School District 35.

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Dont' forget that there's a #seedysaturday event at the Community Garden beside Aldergrove Kinsmen Community Centre today, 10:30am - 12:30pm.

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Let's see what was going on in Aldergrove on the last weekend of March sixty-six years ago. Here's the Aldergrove & District News for 27 March 1958.

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If you're looking for something to do on Monday, head over to the Canadian Museum of Flight at Langley Airport to celebrate the Royal Canadian Air Force centenary.

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As we head into the Easter long weekend, here are some photos from our Aldergrove Star Collection. The box was labelled 1998, but some if not all of these photos are from 1993.

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Today we're headed to the beginning days of rail car restoration efforts at Fort Langley's CN Station, which is operated by the Langley Heritage Society. If you're curious to see what these cars look like now, you can visit the station when it reopens for the season on the May long weekend. In the meantime, here's their webpage with more information: https://www.langleyheritage.ca/cn-station/

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Today we're off to 1998 Murrayville courtesy of the Aldergrove Star photo collection.

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From yesterday's Aldergrove Star collection scanning session.

Who knows where this commercial development is? They were brand new in 1998.

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Today we're visiting Sperling community to learn a little about a long-gone neighbourhood store, one of its owners, and a little about politics in the 1960s & 1970s.

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Did you know that DW Poppy, in addition to (over a number of years) being a post master, school trustee, councillor, reeve, police commissioner and magistrate was also an award-winning honey producer?

Honey has been an important agricultural crop in this area for over 100 years, and as planting time nears please support the pollinators and honey producers with bee-friendly plants. =)

#supportlocal #honeybees

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The 1885-1886 Supplementary Voters' List, which added newcomers to the area to the official Voters' Lists, appears to be the first time our community makes an appearance in the roster. As you can see, it is listed as "Alder Grove". Prior lists have only noted our region as "Langley" or "New Westminster District" or even as "Township 10" or "Township 13".

While I haven't yet been able to find Voters' Lists for 1887, 1888 or 1889 online, Aldergrove as one word appears in the 1890 list, as does Alder Grove. That said, the 1887 British Columbia Directory published by Mallandaine and Williams does list residents as living in Aldergrove.

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"The Conservation Car welcomed approximately 1.5 million visitors during its journey, covering over 420,000 km and promoting the planting of 500 million trees."

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Industrious 1st Coghlan Cubs - from the Aldergrove News 1959.

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It's time to get your grow on! There was a time when Langley Township had a few "Seed Clubs" for potatoes and other vegetables as well as flowers, so we're highlighting the two upcoming "Seedy Saturday" events hosted by LEPS & Langley Demonstration Garden.

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Today's neighbour is Eleanor Oakes, whose parents started the Greater Vancouver Zoo - or the Vancouver Game Farm as it was known back in the day.

If you're interested in the Game Farm's history, AGHS has the book "From Rabbits To Rhinos, Gophers to Gnus" by Pat Hines for sale in its book store ($10.00 + GST). The bookstore is open Sunday afternoons, 12-4pm.

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We've been working on digitizing the Aldergrove Elks Assoc. records, and on top of the hundreds of photos and administrative documents already scanned, 1281 membership-related pages have been added to the digital files. They still need final processing, indexing and transcribing, but progress is a great feeling!

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With the OAP Branch 71 Aldergrove Heritage Hall anniversary event coming up this Spring, we thought it appropriate to honour Mrs. Adaline Wright, a hardworking past president of the OAP.

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Today's neighbour is Cathy Chard, who was chosen as the Dairy Queen for 1967.

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